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Water Use in India’s Power Generation: Impact of renewables and improved cooling technologies to 2030 analyses the prospective impact of renewable energy deployment, along with recently mandated changes to power plant cooling systems, on water use in India’s electricity sector. Looking at the expected freshwater intensity of non-hydro power generation under different scenarios, the analysis aims to quantify the impact of India’s energy transition on freshwater use. The findings highlight the need to incorporate water considerations into energy planning.

The World Resources Institute and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) conducted the analysis using data compiled from various sources on water withdrawal and consumption. The study considers the impact on water use in the context of IRENA’s REmap India analysis as well as power-sector scenarios from India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA). The resulting brief focuses on India’s power generation at the national level.

This landmark report Clean Innovation lists six key recommendations to accelerate innovation for a stronger, cleaner economy that benefits all Canadians.

This publication Meeting Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Bioeconomy investigates key aspects surrounding the sustainability of bioeconomy development: the use of biomass as feedstock for future production.

This Foresight brief Hacking Economics for People and Planet will focus on that particular ‘scientific’ field, that is seemingly immune to the oft-spoken mantras promoting change, innovation and new critical thinking in all other fields.

The role of technology transfer in the mitigation of climate change has been strongly emphasized in the recent policy debate. This paper Technology Diffusion and Climate Policy: A Network Approach and its Application to Wind Energy offers a network-based perspective on the issue.